Chasing Nature into Abstraction
by Suchart Wannaset
10.10.2020
20:00
Austria, 2020
57min
The video, a constellation of three cohering, moving images embedded in a multichannel video deals with a longing driven by processed memories, dreams, instincts, transformations, spheres and nature.
On a journey I am searching for my grandparents in a metaphoric way.
Traveling around aimlessly, I cross the seemingly unfathomable jungle, the sea and a lonely, abandoned civilization.
The image of nature is indeed reality, but it is perceived differently. Nature is composed by transformation between human and animal in a diffused and surreal way.
Rapid movements to some extent and the tangible presence of the unknown lead to blurring of boundaries between reality and fiction. I ask nonverbal questions and give quiet answers, by interaction of the discovered virgin and non-virgin environment.
How will it go on? Where will I stop? When will I begin?
The topography of nature provides answers, but not to the questions asked.
New perspectives and perceptions are opened and expand the horizon in an unexpected way. Situation-related transformations are effected by smoothing internal and external landscapes during the journey.
A state of limbo arises in which you lose yourself, but cannot be lost.
The search turns out as a complex challenge and a clear boundary can no longer be defined. Although the answers are in front of us, they pass by unnoticed.
Suchart Wannaset | Director
Michael Schmidl | Camera
Daniel Stolzlederer | Sound
